Stephen Alter

Excited to get this amazing work The Cobra’s Gaze, which explores #India’s spectacular and #vanishing Wild #Heritageby an author i enjoy and immensly admire @stephenalter . Must say tho i envy the research the #author had to endure for this😉 recomended #reading @AlephBookCo

Ranjona Banerji reviews @stephenalter's #TheCobrasGaze for @bsindia. business-standard.com/book/a-natural…

In The Cobra’s Gaze, award-winning writer Stephen Alter takes us on an astonishing journey of discovery through the wild places of India. Even as it celebrates the incredible wildlife and wild places of India, it is an urgent call to save them before it is too late. #TheCobrasGaze by @stephenalter.

"The Cobra’s Gaze by @stephenalter delves into the heart of India’s wilderness, presenting a tapestry of its rich biodiversity" - Reena Singh reviews Stephen Alter's #TheCobrasGaze on @FinancialXpress. Read here: financialexpress.com/lifestyle/book…

'Spectacled cobras are considered one of the most sacred animals in India, invoking awe and terror.' Read this excerpt from @stephenalter's #TheCobrasGaze featured on @YouthKiAwaaz here: youthkiawaaz.com/2024/02/book-e…

Spotted #WildHimalayas @stephenalter

Amid the opulence and brutality of nineteenth-century India, colourful bandits fight for survival. James Webley—a brave but erratic English commander—has joined forces with the romantic Colonel Augustine, son of an Englishwoman and a noble Indian. Together they have rejected the rigours of mercenary service to pursue a lawless career of pillage. #SilkandSteel by @stephenalter

@stephenalter at his best. "Carbon Footprints" a must read for elephant folks.

"Wandering through Bhimbetka, I am conscious of the spiritual resonance of nature, the invisible threads that tie us to other forms of life through memory, dreams, and desires. A three-striped palm squirrel scampers up and over a rock, then down the other side, chittering and raising its bushy tail in alarm. While running away it tempts me to follow it into the jungle beyond. A baronet butterfly alights on a stone, its orange wings like petals of fire blooming in the bright sunlight..." Read more of this evocative celebration of the wilderness in @stephenalter's #TheCobrasGaze

India has always had a strong spiritual connection to nature, and the writer delves deep into myth and religion to show how reverence for the environment has been an inalienable part of our heritage. Yet, today, in the name of progress and civilization, the wilderness is being laid to waste despite the efforts of pioneering conservationists like Salim Ali, Billy Arjan Singh, M. Krishnan, Jim Corbett, Hugh Allen, and their present-day counterparts, all of whom come alive in the pages of the book. @stephenalter’s #TheCobrasGaze is a powerful celebration of the incredible wildlife and wild places of India. Oder here: amzn.eu/d/5giC0qu

An exciting thriller that masterfully combines violence, conflict, and romance into a gripping whole. Amid the opulence and brutality of nineteenth-century India, colourful bandits fight for survival. James Webley—a brave but erratic English commander—has joined forces with the romantic Colonel Augustine, son of an Englishwoman and a noble Indian. Together they have rejected the rigours of mercenary service to pursue a lawless career of pillage. Pre-order your copy of #SilkAndSteel by @stephenalter here: amzn.eu/d/eftndyU

Thrilled to share that @stephenalter's #Birdwatching has been longlisted for @oxfordbookstore's Book Cover Prize

#DeathInShambles by @stephenalter is a dark murder mystery in which the protagonist, Lionel Carmichael, investigates a murder involving mysterious and disturbing events. #ComingSoon

"Every page is touched with a certain beauty, though darkly so when he laments man's destructive impact on the Himalaya and the planet," Stephen Goodwin in the jury statement felicitating @stephenalter's #WildHimalaya with #KekooNaorojiBookAward2020 buff.ly/34BbmSM

Another win for #WildHimalaya! This monumental book by @stephenalter has recently been recognised with the Kekoo Naoroji Award for Himalayan Literature 2020. Many congratulations, Stephen!

What the Uttarakhand disaster reminds us about the Himalaya - @stephenalter on the fragility of mountains and melting glaciers, shaligrams and why we've all been pronouncing Everest wrong via @ExpressPodcasts and @AlephBookCo indianexpress.com/audio/the-sand…

#Elephant love from #India authored by acrophile naturalist wordsmith @stephenalter .. this large hearted gentleman's earlier book 'In the Jungles of the Night' reimagined #JimCorbett and now it is Mowgli's tale (#Junglebook) set in cotemporary times. Digging in @AlephBookCo 1/n

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. @stephenalter author of #WildHimalaya, shortlisted for the NIF Book Prize 2020, observes that the pandemic has been both good and bad for fragile ecosystems, in an exclusive essay for @livemint buff.ly/2KTCd5U